Battle of Galveston site photos

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Galveston County Texas CSA Monument (January 2006) Enlarge This is a photo taken in early January 2006 of the Confederate monument at the Galveston County Courthouse. The photo was taken near the anniversary of the battle. The monument sits on land contested by Union and Confederate troops during the Confederate victory January 1, 1863. The monument honors all who served the CSA. Galveston was the largest city in Texas and a very important port during the War Between The States.



Galveston County Texas CSA Monument (January 2006) Enlarge This is a side view of the Galveston County Texas CSA Monument located on the grounds of the Galveston County Courthouse. The point of view of the photo is from the Confederate approach looking toward ground occupied by Union troops. Galveston suffered a terrible hurricane in 1900 that destroyed many of the buildings associated with the period, but some survived.



Historic Marker with 1859 Photo of Hendley Building (January 2006) Enlarge This is a photo of an interpretive marker located in front of the Hendley Building on The Strand at Galveston, Texas. The photo shows the Hendley Building in 1859. Union troops fired literally across the street at Confederates during the battle on January 1, 1863. The Hendley Building looks almost exactly as is did in 1859.



Texas Historical Commission Marker for Hendley Row (January 2006) Enlarge This Texas Historical Commission marker is in front of the Hendley Building. It was photographed in 2006 near the anniversary of the Jan 1, 1863 Battle of Galveston. There is plenty of history to this building; one of the few to survive the Hurricane of 1900. For those interested in how this building was fought over in the battle and used during the War Between The States a good book to read would be Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston (University of Texas Press) 1998 by Edward T. Cotham, Jr.



Hendley Building as seen from same angle as 1859 photo (January 2006) Enlarge This photo was taken from across The Strand (name of street) at a building from which CSA soldiers fired on Union troops in the Hendley Building. After dislodging the Federals from the building, the fight continued and eventually ended at Kuhn's Wharf which was almost behind this building. Kuhn's Wharf no longer exists because of landfill. It may be of interest to know this photo was taken from an angle similar to the angle of the 1859 photo but obviously without the wide lens and from a much closer distance in 2006.



Hendley Row-Full View (January 2006) Enlarge Hendley Row taken January 2006 from CSA Position across The Strand. Confederate Gen. John Bankhead Magruder's successful plan to re-take Galveston was put in action shortly after his arrival in Texas. Among the Union casualties in the January 1, 1863 battle were Union naval officers Edward Lea and Jonathan Wainwright. Wainwright, Lea, and Magruder-who died after the war, are all buried in Galveston.



Hendley Building Front (January 2006) Enlarge Another photo of the front of the Hendley Building taken in January 2006. Today, other than the port, Galveston is a tourist area. Not many buildings survived the Hurricane of 1900 (Worst natural disaster to strike the USA to-date) so there is not much from the Civil War-era.